Élisa (1995)

Name: Élisa
Genre: Drama
Released: 1995
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 6.4

★ 6.4· 115 min· Drama

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Paris. Now she wants to unravel her past and find her father whom she blames for her mother's death.

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Cast

Vanessa Paradis

Marie

Gérard Depardieu

Jacques 'Lébovitch', Marie's father

Clotilde Courau

Solange, Marie's friend

Sekkou Sall

Ahmed, Marie's friend

Florence Thomassin

Elisa, Marie's mother

Werner Schreyer

DS driver

Michel Bouquet

Samuel

Philippe Léotard

Gitanes Smoker

Catherine Rouvel

Marina

Melvil Poupaud

Pharmacist's son

Vanessa Paradis — Marie

Vanessa Chantal Paradis (born 22 December 1972) is a French singer, model and actress. Paradis became a star at the age of 14 with the international success of her single "Joe le taxi" (1987). At age 18, she was awarded France's highest honours as both a singer and an actress with the Prix Romy Schneider and the César Award for Most Promising Actress for Jean-Claude Brisseau's Noce Blanche, as wel

Gérard Depardieu — Jacques 'Lébovitch', Marie's father

Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, film-maker, businessman and vineyard owner. He is one of the most prolific character actors in film history, having completed approximately 170 movies since 1967. He has twice won the César Award for Best Actor as well as the Golden Globe award for Best Actor in Green Card. After he garnered huge critical acclaim for the tit

Clotilde Courau — Solange, Marie's friend

Clotilde, Princess of Venice and Piedmont (née Clotilde Marie Pascale Courau 3 April 1969) is a French actress, and the wife of Emanuele Filiberto, a member of the House of Savoy and the grandson of the last king of Italy.